Arts & Humanities

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley Experts on how to fight disinformation

October 8, 2021
Public Affairs

In Berkeley Talks episode 125, a panel of leading UC Berkeley experts describe the harms of disinformation and explore potential solutions to its spread, from measures to strengthen old-school local news media to government regulation of tech titans like Facebook and Twitter.

“Disinformation, of course, is not new and we should acknowledge that,” began Hany Farid, associate dean and head of Berkeley’s School of Information, at the Sept. 21 event. “For as long as there’s been information, there’s been disinformation. However, in the digital age, I don’t think it will...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/10/08/berkeley-talks-disinformation/

Kamala Harris’ residence to display mezuzah from UC Berkeley

November 19, 2021
Will Kane

Magnes museum registrar Julie Franklin holds the mezuzah that will soon be in the vice presidential residence. A sacred Jewish object called a mezuzah that is in the collection of UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life will soon be hung in the official Washington, D.C., residence of Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.

Emhoff, who is the first Jew to live in an American...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/11/18/kamala-harris-residence-to-display-jewish-m…

Meet Carissa Samuel, Health + Tech ’23 (Molecular and Cellular Biology)

November 19, 2021
Fung Fellowship
Carissa Samuel '23, a Health + Tech fellow studying MCB and Dance & PerformanceCarissa Samuel is a Health + Tech fellow studying Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) with a minor in Dance and Performance studies. Here, she shares more about her personal and professional interests and why she chose the Fung Fellowship.

I am a current junior studying Molecular and Cellular Biology, with...

Leaders say turn away from humanities will harm critical thinking

November 19, 2021
John Morgan

New Dean of Arts and Humanities at UC Berkeley, Sara GuyerAt the recent Times Higher Education Teaching Excellence Summit, UC Berkeley Dean of Arts + Humanities Sara Guyer spoke in a session on "The value of critical thinking in a post-pandemic world." Guyer spoke to the importance of critical thinking as a core value at Berkeley, "especially in...

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/leaders-say-turn-away-humanities-will-…

UC Berkeley again No.1 public, fourth best globally in U.S. News rankings

October 26, 2021
Yasmin Anwar

For the eighth straight year, UC Berkeley tops the list of the world’s best public universities and remains the fourth-best university overall in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 global universities rankings.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/10/26/uc-berkeley-again-no-1-public-fourth-best-g…

Event: Arts Research Center celebrates Cave Canem

October 18, 2021

Cave Canem event on October 20Join us on October 20th at 5pm Pacific to welcome poet and Cave Canem co-founder Cornelius Eady to the ARC virtual stage. He will be joined by two emerging poets who have benefitted from his teaching and mentorship in the Cave Canem Black artists collective: Morgan Parker (author of Magical Negro) and Cameron Awkward Rich (author of Dispatch). Following their...

Lilla Balint, professor of German, remarks on election results in Germany (CBS News)

September 28, 2021
CBS News

Lilla Balint, German professor, reflects on recent Germany election resultsCBS news foreign correspondent Chris Liversay reports the race to succeed Angela Merkel and her legacy as Germany's leader for 16 years.

***At 2:43, Lilla Balint, UC Berkeley assistant German professor in the division of Arts and Humanities, joins Tanya Rivero on CBSN to discuss how a new...

Exhibition celebrating The Magnes Collection’s 10 Years at UC Berkeley Opens This Fall

September 21, 2021

Time Capsules exhibitionThe Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life has re-opened to the public with a new exhibition, Time Capsules, The Magnes: 10 Years at UC...

America’s Top Colleges 2021: For The First Time A Public School Is Number One

September 8, 2021
Christian Kreznarublic universities can deliver the most outstanding education to the broadest range of students at the most affordable price. That’s the message of Forbes’ 2021 ranking of top colleges. For the first time ever on a national ranking of Am

Public universities can deliver the most outstanding education to the broadest range of students at the most affordable price. That’s the message of Forbes’ 2021 ranking of top colleges.

For the first time ever on a national ranking of America’s best colleges, a public school, the University of California at Berkeley, is in the No. 1 spot (In 2009 West Point topped our list, but military academies are slightly different animals). Of the top 25 schools in the Forbes ranking, six are public, including three other U.C.s, the University of Michigan and the University of Florida.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/christiankreznar/2021/09/08/americas-top-colleges-2…

Joe Goode Performance Group’s immersive experience drills deep into Haight-Ashbury

September 16, 2021
Rachel Howard

Joe Goode, professor and department chair of UC Berkeley's Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, is also the artistic director of Joe Goode Performance Group. His current work, "Time of Change," was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook.

https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/dance/joe-goode-dance-companys-latest-immersive…